Fine Line (Barry Gibb song)
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 Japanese picture sleeve for this song with "One Night (For Lovers)" as the flipside. |
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| Single by Barry Gibb | ||||
| from the album Now Voyager | ||||
| B-side | "Stay Alone" "One Night (For Lovers)" (Japan) |
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| Released | October 1984 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1984 (Middle Ear Studios) May 1984 (Ocean Way Studios) |
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| Genre | Post-disco, new wave, synthpop, electronic, dance-pop | |||
| Length | 5:07 3:49 (12" version) 6:31 (Promo 12" version) |
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| Label | MCA (United States) Polydor (United Kingdom) |
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| Writer(s) | Barry Gibb, George Bitzer | |||
| Producer | Barry Gibb, Karl Richardson | |||
| Barry Gibb singles chronology | ||||
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"Fine Line" is a 1984 single by Barry Gibb, It was the second and the last single from the album Now Voyager.[1] And reached #37 in the United States, exactly the same position in the US of his previous single "Shine, Shine"[2] The song was written by Gibb and George Bitzer. The 12" version of this song was remixed by Larry Patterson.[3] This track was also reached #50 on the US Hot Dance Club Play.[4] And on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play issue on February 2, 1985, the song reached #77.[5]
Background [edit]
For the 12-inch version of "Fine Line", Barry made both a shorter and longer mix; the longer version having more of the chorus editing. MCA issued a 12-inch single with three versions of "Fine Line" namely the usual one, a shorter single edit that was probably from promo singles, and a longer version. The song was written by him and George Bitzer.
Gibb also even risked a rap section:
| “ | It's wild, it's weird it's what we think about This ain't no strip, club, shame on you 'cause |
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The musical question on 'Now Voyager is whether Barry can construct the complicated song layouts he was coming to prefer and still deliver enough pop song hooks to make the songs work. He certainly pulled it off in "Fine Line". The first and second halves of the song are completely different and equally interesting music, and it is all held together by a big "fine line" chorus, which is slightly different in the second pass. The song is packed with musical ideas.[6] On this song Roger Daltrey of The Who, Olivia Newton-John and others sings backup on this song.[7]
Track listing [edit]
- All tracks written and composed by Barry Gibb and George Bitzer.
| 7" promo single | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Fine Line" | 5:07 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Stay Alone" | 3:42 | ||||||||
| 12" promo single | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Fine Line (Extended Dance Version)" | 6:31 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Fine Line (Single Version)" | 5:07 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Fine Line (LP Version)" | 5:07 | ||||||||
| 12" and 45rpm promo single | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Fine Line (Extended Dance Version)" | 6:31 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Fine Line (Single Version)" | 5:07 | ||||||||
| 3. | "One Night (For Lovers)" | 4:15 | ||||||||
References [edit]
- ^ "Barry Gibb - Now Voyager". Discogs. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Bee Gees - Discography". Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Billboard: Dance Trax (1 December 1984)". Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Billboard:Hot Dance/Disco". Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Billboard: Hot Dance/Disco (2 February 1985)". Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1984". Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ Richard Bogovich, Cheryl Posner. "The Who: A Who's Who (Page 134)". Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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